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The ballot drop boxes in Washington and Oregon both have fire suppression systems that are designed to activate when the temperature inside reaches a certain point, coating ballots inside with a fire-suppressing powder.

For unknown reasons, the system failed to prevent the destruction of hundreds of ballots in Vancouver, just across the Columbia River from Portland.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Ah yes wiping out hundreds of democrat (and some non Democrat) votes in two of the bluest cities in the north west will surely have an impact on the election.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The Washington district that includes Vancouver has one of the most contested House races in the country this year.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Glusencamp-Perez ran on opposing Biden and working with Republicans.

Kent ran on opposing Perez for being a Democrat.

Absolutely insane.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Hey I just learned about her. Sinema 2.0!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

One article I read said that the representative race was much closer. It might not affect the president, but could affect other positions.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

This was my first thought. Not only are they evil, they're also stupid!